Mufasa: The Lion King managed to beat Sonic the Hedgehog 3 at the domestic box office on New Year’s Day. Mufasa: The Lion King, which serves as a prequel to the 2019 The Lion King movie, brought in an additional $10.

The box office race between Mufasa and Sonic highlights a promising 2025 for people who love going to the movies.

Both blockbusters earn $37-38 million for the 3-day weekend while "Nosferatu" becomes Focus Features' biggest hit in five years

Mufasa benefits from strong international sales, while Sonic 3 leverages its video game roots and family appeal.

Led by a near-tie between two second weekend animated franchise films, then bolstered by two unusual wide Christmas day specialized-distributor releases, U.S./Canada theaters saw their best post-holiday grosses since 2019.

That success for “Mufasa” isn’t coming at the expense of “Sonic 3,” which continues to hum along with $10.3 million on Wednesday. The video game adaptation now has $88 million domestic and should reach $125-130 million by Sunday as it begins its overseas rollout.

In the holiday season battle of big-budget family movies, Paramount Pictures’ “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” sped past the Walt Disney Co.’s “Mufasa: The Lion King” to take the top spot at the box office.

It looks like there are two Christmas winners. Disney's Mufasa: The Lion King and Paramount's Sonic the Hedgehog 3 both get to claim bragging rights to winning the holiday box office crown as a topsy-turvy year at the box office comes to a close - or sort of,

Paramount’s Sonic movie earned $38 million, while “Mufasa” brought in $37.1 million from theaters in the U.S. and Canada, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Sonic The Hedgehog 3 and Mufasa The Lion King are continuing their successful run at the box office. Sonic 3 is the third installment of the Sonic The Hedgehog franchise. Mufasa is a prequel to The Lion King,